The hospital where I stay now have signs
up apparantly over the maternity hospital
stating they no longer tell you the sex of
your baby in ur ultrasound scans, "dont be
offended when we do not give you the sex
of your baby",
due to someone suing the hospital as they
told her the wrong sex of her child.
Am under the asumption anyway the
hospitals when telling you the sex of your
baby dont give you 100% assurance
anyway...
When I finally do get pregnant id like to
know the sex of my unborn child for
preparation reasons only...... But does
anyother maternity hospitals do this, and
is it legal not to supply you with the sex
of the baby? Is there other way rounds
this?
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shortgeek
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 597 Location: DC
Posted: 12-30-06 11:09am
Are you going to have an amnio? Even
though we aren't pregnant yet, my dh and I
have been on and off discussing whether we
want an amnio. I'm 36 and he is 35. We
have looked up a lot of informtion on it.
Because the amnio looks at the baby's
genes, it can tell you the sex of the
baby. Plus, it is more accurate than
getting the sex from an ultrasound.
If you are planning to get an amnio,
finding out the sex of the baby could be
an added bonus. However, the risk of
complications from the amnio might not
justify doing it just to find out the sex
of the baby.
I don't know about scotland, but it
probably just depends on your ultrasound
technician. They might tell you if you
ask really nicely, lol. Or they might
supply the ultrasound to your doctor and
s/he tells you.
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mommao3
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 40
Posted: 01-08-07 17:15pm
Well, it sounds like they got sued, but I
have never heard of that around here.
They may take pictures and share them with
your doctor. Your doctor may be able to
tell you what the sex is.
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